The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 20, 1954
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
6:40 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 387
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.5° / 290.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 35m / -23.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.05° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.86° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.55° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.